AP File PhotoCuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes agreed to a four-year deal worth $36 million with the Oakland A's, according to multiple reports.

The Detroit Tigers weren't the only club that didn't book a flight to Miami to meet prized free-agent oufielder Yoenis Cespedes.

According to his agent, Adam Katz, the 26-year-old Cespedes only met with the Miami Marlins during a two-day visit to South Florida last week.

Cespedes was recently granted a visitor’s visa and traveled to Miami last Tuesday for a scheduled meeting with the Miami Marlins.

It was a rare face-to-face meeting with a Cuban defector that has only had his temporary residency established in the Dominican Republic for two weeks.

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said Cespedes didn't travel to Detroit to meet with the club last week and wouldn’t confirm whether team executives traveled to Miami to meet the five-tool outfielder.

Katz confirmed Monday that the Marlins were the only team that scheduled in-person meeting with Cespedes, who agreed to terms on a four-year, $36 million deal with the Oakland A’s early Monday.

“That was the only one,” Katz told MLB Network Radio. “We had one visit in Florida because the Marlins had a unique aspect to offer the club with the ballpark being in Little Havanah.”

During his two-day visit, Cespedes was treated to an
oceanside lunch in Miami Beach prior to a 30-minute tour of the Marlins' ballpark.

Cespedes can sign Monday after receiving his unblocking license from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, Katz told ESPN.com.

Katz didn’t directly identify the Tigers as being a serious suitor for Cespedes, but said seven teams had expressed interest in the five-tool outfielder a different points this offseason.

“This kid was so heavily scouted,” Katz said. “There’s a misconception out there that people don’t know who he is, but everyone knows who this kid is and what he can do.

“That’s why the market was so strong and competitive.”

The Tigers’ level of interest in Cespedes remains unclear following the club’s signing of Prince Fielder, but the club had heavily scouted the right-handed power hitter since last fall.

Dombrowski confirmed in early December that he had traveled to the Dominican Republic in November to watch the Cuban star, but didn’t say much beyond that.

“At the end, (Cespedes) felt like Oakland wanted him more,” Katz said. “Of course, packages have something to do with it, but it seemed like they wanted him more than the other clubs.”